Articles tagged "Social networks"

Twitter has announced the new Explore tab, an Instagram-esque section that should make keeping tab of things happening outside of your timeline easier. Explore combines three of Twitter's existing features; search, trends, and Moments....

LinkedIn, that other social network, you know, the one that likes sending spam emails, is announcing a big redesign today. The Microsoft-owned service will be rolling out the new look to all of its users over the coming weeks. This apparently is the...

As we were told last year, Twitter has finally pulled the plug on Vine. But the app continues to live on, in a way. In the latest update, available now on iOS and Android, the Vine app has now turned into Vine Camera. With this, you can...

Do you hate those pre-roll ads on YouTube that start before the video you want to see and can only be skipped after a few seconds? Good news, then - Mark Zuckerberg hates them too. The bad news? Well, his social network is planning to introduce...

Facebook has been pushing live video broadcasting a lot lately, and now it's turning its attention to live audio. This is a new feature that was announced today. It will go in a testing phase over the next few weeks. For this, Facebook is working...

Say what you will about Instagram's recent quest to beat Snapchat at its own game, but the strategy seems to be working. The Facebook-owned social network centered on photos has announced today that it has more than 600 million users. The last...

In early October, Facebook launched a new mobile app for iOS. It's called Events from Facebook and is basically all about letting you quickly find stuff that's happening nearby. Today, the app has finally made its debut on Android as well. It's up...

The modern social network space has proven to be one the most difficult digital battlegrounds to date. The market just seems to follow its own, often mysterious trends, sometimes leaving even titans like Google out of the big picture. The fickle...

Facebook's live streaming platform is pretty successful, and the social network seems to be tirelessly working towards making it even more so. After having added support for 24-hour continuous streams, Facebook Live is now going to give a lucky few...

It is hardly a secret that Twitter hasn't been doing all that wall lately. Which is why, nobody was really surprised when word first got out back in September that the social network was, as the sources put it "largely desirous of a...

This is clearly one of those "better late than never" things. Do you have a Chromecast, or another Google Cast enabled device (like an Android TV, for example), or an Apple TV? Do you use Facebook (who doesn't?) and wish there was an easy way to see...

Today Facebook is finally officially launching Workplace, the service formerly known as Facebook at Work. It's been in testing with select companies since last year, and now it's open for all interested parties to sign up. Workplace is basically...

Instagram has updated its Windows 10 app with some new features that had previously been introduced on iOS and Android a few weeks back. One of the features is pinch to zoom, which means you can now zoom into images for whatever reason...

According to some unnamed sources cited in a new report, Twitter might be for sale. Not only that, but potential suitors for the ailing social network are said to include Google and Salesforce, among other tech companies. A "formal bid" may be on...

Today Facebook has announced a new feature for its Messenger service. It's called Instant Video. The social network says it's "perfect for sharing quick moments with friends who aren’t right by your side or making your conversations richer by seeing...

The Night Mode feature that first made it to Twitter for Android back in June is now officially out in the iOS app too. This comes after a brief period in which the Night Mode functionality has been available in the recent beta builds for Apple's...

Last month some people started seeing a "Night Mode" toggle in the Twitter for Android app. This came after many have apparently asked for just such a feature that's supposed to make using the app in the dark a lot easier than with its standard...

Facebook's Instant Articles feature launched last year, at first with select publishing partners, and then opening up to many more media outlets. This feature ensures that certain links you click in the Facebook mobile apps take you to...

Facebook has announced that it's tweaking its News Feed yet again, following user feedback. Soon, after the change is implemented, you're supposedly going to see what your friends and family post first. Stuff from "friends you care about" will be...

Facebook is introducing a few new things today. Let's start with the ubiquitous Like button which you can see plastered atop all websites across the internet. This is receiving a redesign, and it will drop the Facebook logo, believe it or not. The...